FIND BIG CACHE OF BEER AT GREENWOOD LAKE
WOODBURY – Stuff Was Stored on Premises of Peter Maberini of Barre
A raid was made at 2:00 o’clock Monday morning by Deputy Sheriff A.J. Stewart of Washington County, assisted by campers at Greenwood Lake on premises belonging to Peter Maberini of Barre, and they seized a large quantity of what was probably beer.
There was no one on the premises at the camp when the raid was made. The place had been under suspicion for some time and Monday morning when the officer and his assistants entered a barn on the premises, they discovered 74 cases, containing over 850 bottles of Burkardt’s Boston Ale, stored away. All of the bottles were marked less than one-half of one per cent. State’s Attorney Charles B. Adams was called to the scene of the raid and after looking over the liquor he passed on it as being contraband and ordered it taken to the liquor room of the Barre police station.
Maberini was arrested and at appearance in court Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to illegal possession. He claimed the beer belonged to a young man from Barre, and a young man from Hardwick and that they were ready to come forward and claim the stuff found in his barn. Maberini was put under bail.
Raymonda Parchment is a Hardwick Gazette reporter. She recently graduated from Vermont State University - Castleton with a Bachelor’s Degree in English. She is a strong supporter of freedom of speech, and the right to publish information, opinions, and ideas without censorship or restraint. She is a lifelong lover of the written word, and is excited to join the team as a staff member.
